I am on the side of thumbs up for SA. I'm a mostly commuter, sometimes rando/bikepacker. I've tried B17 (good shape, pretty), Rivet Pearl (good shape, too stiff), and Selle Anatomica X (old writeup here: https://stonehog.com/2012/08/02/leathersaddles/), and replaced all my saddles with the Selle Anatomica at this point. Comfortable from the get go. I weigh in around 165lb, and have skinny legs, bony butt, so this saddle fits me well. I've put 300k on these in the rain, and while they may sag, they are comfy. I can do the B17 for about 100k - anything more, and I will get numbness and soreness. On the Rivet, I eventually did the Lon Haldeman Brooks break in method (https://stonehog.com/2013/05/29/soften-the-rivet/), but ended up giving the saddle away when that didn't really make things better. Every butt is unique - everyone needs to try saddles to find the one that works for their butt, distance, style.
Brian Hanson Seattle, WA On Saturday, December 3, 2016 at 10:22:48 PM UTC-8, Surlyprof wrote: > > I received an email from Selle Anatomica that all their saddles were on > sale for $99 during the holidays. I had thought about the X-series in the > past to replace my B17. The goal was to get a saddle with a cutout. > Others I had been considering were the Brooks C17 Carved and the Rivet > Pearl. I like the Rivet and don't know much about the C17 carved but was > wondering if the SA was worth trying while it is $50-60 less. I've read > people raving about the Rivet saddles here but also thought I remember some > people complaining about the SA saddles sagging pretty quickly. Any > thoughts comparing these 3 choices? > > Thanks, > John > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
